The one bodyguard assigned to Ford’s Theater to protect President Lincoln abandoned his post for a drink on the night of the assassination–and wasn’t fired for it
Joseph James DeAngelo, aka the Golden State Killer, Was Finally Caught Due to ‘Discarded DNA’
Ann Hodges – The Only Person Ever Struck by a Meteorite
Cuba’s Classic American Cars – Not as Romantic as They Look
Project Azorian: Howard Hughes’ secret mission, which involved the CIA and a missing Soviet submarine off the coast of Hawaii
The Bizarre and Unappetizing Buddhist Monk Practice of Self-Mummification
Before the creation of Mickey Mouse and an entertainment empire, Walt Disney launched Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and reached his career low point
Hiram Revels, an educator and minister who served as chaplain for a black regiment in the Civil War, became the first African American senator
The Humble English Girl who Became ‘Cora Pearl’ – Courtesan Sensation to the French Empire
Kurt Gödel – The Brilliant, Paranoid Mathematician who Refused to Eat
